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Re: IITM Electrical Department

I want to know the Research area in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology IIT Madras so can you tell me?
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27th April 2018, 06:48 PM
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Re: IITM Electrical Department

Research activities in the Department of Electrical Engineering, , Indian Institute of Technology IIT Madras are in three ways, academic, sponsored and Research Based Industrial Consultancy (RBIC).

Research projects worth nearly 18 Crore Rupees have been undertaken by our faculty in the last 6-7 years.

There are four major groups in the department:
(a) Communications,
(b) Microelectronics and VLSI,
(c) Power Electronics, Control, Robotics and Instrumentation and
(d) Power systems and high voltage engineering.

Department of Electrical Engineering Research Area-

Research areas:

Wireless Communications: MIMO-OFDM transceiver algorithms, W-CDMA & HSDPA technology, Resource Allocation, Network Information Theory, Interference Management, Relaying & Co-operative Communications, Adaptive Estimation and Security
Photonics and Optical Networks: Interferometry, Diffractive Optical Elements, Optical MEMs, Optical Devices and Instruments, Silicon Photonics and Integrated Optics, Quantum Communications, Wireless Optical Communications, Optical Link Design and Planning, Non-linear and Computational Optics, Optical Metro and Access Networks and VLSI for Optical Communications
Signal Processing: Image processing and analysis, 3D from 2D, image super-resolution, pattern matching, biometrics, tracking and surveillance, speech coding, recognition and synthesis
Computer networks: Modeling and performance analysis, QoS, multimedia applications and mobile computing

(ii) Development of world-class telecom products:

CORDECT Wireless Local Loop System
ADSL & HDSL, Fiber Local Loop System
Satellite Modem, Multiport WiFi Switch
Micro-GSM & WiMaX base-stations
NMS, Soft-switching, IVR, IP-Telephony
Lab Kits for Wireless, Optics, & LAN

(iii) Socially relevant products:

Low-cost Rural ATM
Low-cost Thin client
Software Apps in Indian Languages
Remote Medical Diagnostic Kit
Weather & Soil Quality Monitoring
Rural Tech. Business Incubation

(iv) Miscellaneous Activities:

Contributions to broadband wireless standards including IEEE 802.16e, IEEE 802.16m and LTE-A
Incubation of more than dozen companies in the telecom & IT services sector
Center of Excellence in Wireless Technology, DSP learning center and three Chair Professorships in Telecom & Wireless.

(v) Laboratories

ADI DSP Lab
Communication Systems Lab
DSP Lab
Experimental Optics Lab
Optical Networks Lab
Fiber-in-local loop (FILL) Lab
FPGA
HP Lab
Image Processing Lab
Indic Computing Lab
Intel Lab
Intel Wireless Lab
Media Lab Asia Labs I and II
Microwave Labs I and II
Mobile Computing Lab
NMS Lab
Optical Communication Labs I and II
RF Labs I and II
Signal Compression lab
Signal Processing Lab
Telematics Lab
TeNet Design Lab
TeNet Operations Lab

(B) Microelectronics and VLSI

The Microelectronics group works on modeling and fabrication of various Semiconductor Devices. Significant contributions by this group include:

Analytical modeling and new concepts in solar cells, GaN HEMTs, MOSFETs and power devices like super junctions and SOI MOSFETs
Processes for electroless metallization, growth of thin oxides & high-k dielectrics, industrial manufacture of VHF bipolar transistors & diodes, silicon p-i-n variable optical attenuator
Fabrication of III devices like InGaAs/InP photodetectors
MEMS: Fabrication of integrated polysilicon piezoresistive pressure sensor and accelerometer. Test structures for measurement of residual stress, Young modulus and stiction
Bio-sensors for Triglyceride & Urea

The thrust of the VLSI group is to develop tools and techniques for high speed energy efficient signal processing. One of the delta-sigma analog to digital converters we have designed, has the lowest reported energy consumption per level resolved. Significant contributions include:

Power and area efficient high speed analog adaptive equalizers
Accurate design and measurement techniques for high frequency analog filters
Efficient computational techniques for noise and jitter in analog and mixed signal systems
Hardware accelerator for discrete event simulation
Data acquisition board designed for Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
Architecturally efficient FFT pruning algorithms

Labs under this group are

Device Modeling Lab
Digital Systems Design lab
FPGA Lab
Microelectronics Labs I through IV
Microelectronics & MEMS lab
Nano-Fabrication Facility
TI-VLSI Design Lab
VLSI CAD lab
VLSI Labs I and II
VLSI Testing Lab
Microprocessor lab

(C) Power Electronics, Control, Robotics and Instrumentation

This group is involved with application of Power Electronics Technology to control machine drives, converter and inverter control. The following works are carried out by research students in this group:

Hybrid active power filters
Grid connected inverter control
Sensorless BLDC motor control
Position control of PMSM machines
Condition monitoring of induction machines
Harmonic detection for use with Active power filters
Digital Control of Scalable AC/DC and DC/DC Converters
New architectures for robotic mapping and exploration

Following list gives a glimpse of the group interaction with Industry:

Electronic Diesel Engine Control
Microcontroller based Speed Measurement System
Design of BLDC motor controller for position control
Modeling and Implementation of DSP based Control of a pointing system
Optimal Design of Power Circuitry for Automobile Headlamp
Development of Sensor Head for Remote Sensing of Conductive Mineral Deposits

Labs belonging to this group are

Calibration Lab
Control Engineering Labs I through IV
IE Lab
Machines Lab
Measurements Lab
Measurement Testing Room
Measurement UG Lab
Power Electronics Labs I and II
Power Electronics Simulation Lab
Robotics Lab

(D) Power Systems & High voltage

Condition monitoring of power apparatus adopting multi sensor fusion system
Generation and characterization of nano particles by wire explosion process
Development of Nano-composites for outdoor insulation structures
Sterilization of liquid foods using pulse power technique
Power Quality monitoring, analysis and interpretation unit
Harmonic mitigation devices in power distribution network
Load balancing and power factor improvement
Voltage regulation in power distribution network
Dedicated experimental set-ups for custom power devices
Power system modeling, simulation, optimization, deregulation and restructuring.
Power system automation, numerical and digital protection
Energy management systems and SCADA

Labs come under the purview of this group are

High Voltage Lab
High Voltage Research Labs I and II
High Voltage UG/PG Lab
Power Systems Computation Lab
Power System Hardware Lab
Power System Relay Lab
Power System Research Lab
Power Systems UG Lab

Research Findings

Following are the selected findings of our faculty in recent years.

Widely Programmable (70-500 MHz) Transconductance-Capacitance Filter

Distortion Compensated Flash Analog to Digital Converter

Resilient Packet Ring (IEEE 802.17 RPR) MAC Implementation in Xilinx Virtex5 Evaluation Boards

Contact-

IIT Madras
Sardar Patel Rd, Opposite to C, L.R.I, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036


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